burnish

Again, they know that they can burnish their reputation, maybe get an appointment at a better law school, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

These certifications might help a job-seeker burnish their skills and stand out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

National chains are working to burnish their own burgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Next month's World Cup, where Los Angeles is hosting eight matches, was supposed to allow the Californian metropolis to burnish its image, just two years before the city hosts the Olympic Games.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

A trade deal would be a huge relief but even without that, a US presidential visit after nearly a decade burnishes Xi's message – that China is open for business and to the world.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Villains who get away with their crimes can become heroes, their sins remade to reflect the independent streak that burnishes our identity.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024

Brazil has approved the cultivation and sale of drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat, a major boost for the once taboo crop as global food supply fears and regional dry weather burnishes the lure of GMO.

From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023

The arrival of L’Avant-Garde raises the game for the French competition and burnishes the constellation of stars.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

See how that beetle burnishes in the path!

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In Sabina Hahn’s spare, watercolor illustrations, the pickle is a burnished emerald green with round eyes and no mouth—which makes it all the more remarkable when it begins to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

It also burnished the reputation of its low-key Northern Irish chief designer, 41, who was appointed almost exactly a year ago with the task of modernising all of Dior's fashion lines.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

He may have lost some mainstream acceptance and his FX series, but has since lined his bank account and burnished his career quite handsomely.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

I painted Chloe sitting on a throne in a dress of burnished gold, surrounded by flowers.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

He lost the use of his right hand after a bombing in 1981, burnishing his credentials as a Shia revolutionary who has known sacrifice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

And all were endorsed by Zohran Mamdani, the city’s Democratic Socialist mayor, burnishing his kingmaker bona fides.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

He understood the role of the press in communicating the Fed’s thinking and in burnishing his reputation.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

But by not insisting on cabinet positions in return for their votes in parliament, the People's Party allowed Anutin to fill his cabinet with capable technocrats, burnishing his credentials as a can-do leader.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick